{"id":40365,"date":"2019-05-02T13:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=40365"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:07:17","slug":"Opening the cultural center in Raqqa city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/40365\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening the cultural center in Raqqa city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">last Monday, the first cultural center was opened at south of Al-Sa\u2019sa square in Raqqa city, after the expulsion of the Islamic State Organization on October 17th, 2017.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">The central cultural center was destroyed during the war between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Organization&#8217;s militants, as the center was stroke by the International coalition aircrafts, while the organization prevented all artistic and cultural manifestations in the city.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">Opening the Center came as a part of the Civil Council\u2019s plan, that aimed at restore life to the city, of which is destroyed. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">The opening ceremony was attended by leaders of the Self-Administration and the Civil Council, as well as some artists from Raqqa and its people. The co-chairman of the Committee of Culture and Antiquities said, \u201cthe center is considered a real cultural monument, since it comes after years of injustice and ignorance in the shade of the Islamic State Organization control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he stressed that it will have an important impact in the development of cultural and intellectual reality and guarantee the continuity of cultural diversity in the city.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">The Center will include a diversity of cultures in its activities, referring to the presence of Kurds and Arabs altogether in the same center.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">The center consists of a public library which includes thousands of books, a theater, a plastic art offices, a folklore art group, a music office, and an office for people with special needs, for teaching culture and arts.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">&#8220;Raqqa was the capital of culture and had more than\/ 21\/ cultural centers in the city and its countryside, all of which were destroyed in the last war and by the Islamic State organization,&#8221; said Ziad al-Hamad, the center&#8217;s co-chair to North Press.&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">Additionally, he said that they have opened the center to revive the cultural arts.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\">It is worth mentioning that Raqqa is famous for its varied cultural and artistic richness and is (Furati) overtones. 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